And This Is True

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Once upon a time there was a boy whose home was a van and whose world was his father.

Be warned: this is not a fairytale.

Although it does contain love,

betrayal,

escape,

and most important of all, a kiss.

But you have to be ready for an unpredictable journey

through a realm where nothing is black or white.

That, of course, is why you should take the first step.

A startling new voice shows us a painful truth:

You can t help who you fall in love with.

Reviews

Emily Mackie's debut is an austere and mature literary novel. It's a book that wears its meta-narrative lightly, and the characters are strong, poignant and sometimes comically eccentric. - The Age

The book is written with astonishing vision and authority for someone so young, - The Sydney Morning Herald

This is an extraordinary first novel: assured, insightful and memorable.... Believable, beautifully written and thought provoking. - The Sun Herald

For a first novel, it is remarkable. The characterisation and dialogue are faultless. - The Courier Mail

A beautifully written, but shocking debut novel. - Weekend Post Cairns

I have never read anything quite like AND THIS IS TRUE. As disturbing as it is compelling, it is a wonderfully taut tale of confinement and escape, of difficult loves and conflicting emotions peopled by characters you won't meet anywhere else. - Gerard Woodward

'Irresistibly quirky...Though the book is expertly mined with narrative explosions - fire, gunshots, sudden violence and family revelations - its originality lies in the sly, halting way it reveals its mysteries, the odd perspectives that illuminate its characters, how much it is brave enough to leave unsaid....in Nevis Gow, Emily Mackie has created one of current fiction's freshest funniest oddballs' - Justine Jordan, Guardian

A strange, intense story of love and betrayal, beautifully imagined and written; Nevis s voice will haunt you - Kate Saunders, The Times

Author Bio

Emily Mackie was born in Winchester in 1983 and grew up in the Highlands of Scotland where her novel, AND THIS IS TRUE, is set. She graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University in 2007 and now lives in Bristol, where she is working on her second novel.